Boys and Girls

God made boys and girls different.
Don't get all weird on me and think that I'm talking anatomically. (is that a word? there's no squiggly line underneath it, so I'm assuming it is)

Different in other aspects.


Lets take my first born for example.
She likes dress up. Prefers clothing with ruffles. Wants to wear a "clippie" in her hair almost all the time. Wants pink donuts because those are the donuts for girls. Can't stand it when daddy takes her to a public potty because she HATES using the boy's potty. Likes to show everyone her painted fingernails. Wants to be called Cinderella at bedtime. The only form of a "gun" she cares to "shoot" is her string cheese. Isn't completely "ready" in the morning until she's put on some of my lip gloss.
To be honest though...
Her favorite color is blue. And her most recent favorite hobby is collecting baby frogs. However, her favorite thing to do with the frogs is kiss them. She's a princess in the making.


And then there's Salem...
Who makes "vrooom vrooom" noises when he sits on his miniature 4-wheeler.  Has impeccable accuracy for a 1 year old with a baseball.  Can spot any ball within a one mile radius. Will be a mountain climber as I've recently pulled him off the top of the piano a handful of times. Cheeseburgers are among his most favorite foods. He knows exactly what to do with a remote control. He thinks he's a frog and has no fear in the water.

I'm hopeful that someday Eden will be quite familiar with a basketball court and that Salem can learn some ballroom dancing (but only because his wife will ask him to :)  But for now, their "gender roles" are very apparent at their young ages.

So it wasn't a big shocker the other day when I broke out the paint stuff.
Salem thought they were for eating. Not just at first. The entire time he was convinced that it was food and nothing else, even after showing him several times what he could do with it. I have a feeling he got his artistic side from his daddy. :)




He only had paint on his paper from me showing him what to do. And after a couple minutes of not being allowed to suck all the paint out of the brushes, he was bored with "creative play time!"

But Eden was ecstatic about her new watercolor paints. With more precision than I've ever seen her do anything with, she dipped, brushed, swooooshed, rinsed, re-dipped, and painted to her heart's content. I was so proud of her for sitting still for so long and trying so hard at something. She's a little budding artist!  She said she painted a princess! (big suprise! :)





See the recurring theme in our pictures?
I know, all the packages say "WASHABLE" on them, but I take no chances. Nakie painting time is just easier than scrubbing paint out of clothes.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying painting is girly. But is sure suits my little girl. 
And my boy? He'd rather climb trees, eat bugs, and chase soccer balls.
But I wouldn't prefer it any other way!